Progress against the field
From Glasgow 2024 to Birmingham 2026, George Lynch has moved with the field: what changed on the clock changed for everyone.
The clock says 14:49 faster, but the races themselves got 14:38 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 252 days between Glasgow 2024 and Paris 2024, cost 5:41 on the field.
How this is worked out ⓘ
A finish time moves for two reasons: the athlete, and the race — its course, its floor, its day. For each pair of races in a row in one category, we take everyone who raced both and use the middle of how much they moved (the median) as "the race". Whatever is left is the athlete. Doubles are compared only when the same two people raced both, and told as the pair's; relays are left out. A pair with fewer than 15 athletes in common is not shown. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:25287/677Beat 58%
↑ 234 days after Glasgow 2026 11:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:02 behind the field: 8:08 slower on the clock, against 2:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:54 faster This athlete8:08 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:25 PB569/1198Beat 53%
↑ 364 days after Glasgow 2025, with Pauline Montague 7:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:33 better than the field: 8:51 faster on the clock, against 1:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 faster This pair8:51 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:43 PB22/243Beat 91%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:17 PB243/1452Beat 83%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025 4:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:45 better than the field: 7:12 faster on the clock, against 2:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:27 faster This athlete7:12 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:29610/1821Beat 67%
↑ 159 days after Berlin 2025 0:10 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:28 slower on the clock, but the race was 0:38 slower for everyone, so this was 0:10 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 slower This athlete0:28 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:01774/1851Beat 58%
↑ 188 days after Paris 2024 11:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:59 better than the field: 19:14 faster on the clock, against 7:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:15 faster This athlete19:14 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:58473/947Beat 50%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:30:16652/861Beat 24%
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Paris9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:37:151183/1585Beat 25%
↑ 252 days after Glasgow 2024 5:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:41 behind the field: 3:01 slower on the clock, against 2:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:40 faster This athlete3:01 slower -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:34:141213/1784Beat 32%